Good civics quiz

[Forever_frost]

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

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Incorrect Answers

Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
Your Answer: Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?
Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?

Question: If taxes equal government spending, then:
Your Answer: government is not helping anybody
Correct Answer: tax per person equals government spending per person on average

Question: Name one right or freedom guaranteed by the first amendment.
Your Answer: Right to bear arms
Correct Answer: Religion

Question: Business profit is:
Your Answer: assets minus liabilities
Correct Answer: revenue minus expenses

Question: The Puritans:
Your Answer: believed in complete religious freedom
Correct Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity

Question: International trade and specialization most often lead to which of the following?
Your Answer: a decrease in a nation’s economic growth in the long term
Correct Answer: an increase in a nation’s productivity

The 1st amendment one I missed because I didn't see "1st amendment". I thought it said which is considered a right?

And I dispute the last one and the one about profit

[majorownage]

And I dispute the last one and the one about profit

Take an intro economics class.

[Forever_frost]

I have. I'm thinking both are valid answers

[sc281]

I have. I'm thinking both are valid answers

You're thinking of Net Worth, not profit.

[slow99]

And I dispute the last one and the one about profit

Shocking, lmao

[-Jake-]

22/33 or 66.6666666%

[talisman]

78.79. Almost all the ones I missed were about taxes.

[racrguy]

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You answered 26 out of 33 correctly — 78.79 %

If you have any comments or questions about the quiz, please email americancivicliteracy@isi.org.

You can consult the following table to see how citizens and elected officials scored on each question.

[46Tbird]

You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Incorrect Answers

Question: Free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government’s centralized planning because:Your Answer: more tax revenue can be generated from free enterpriseCorrect Answer: the price system utilizes more local knowledge of means and ends.

Question: What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?Your Answer: Do Southern states have the constitutional right to leave the union?Correct Answer: Would slavery be allowed to expand to new territories?.

Question: In 1935 and 1936 the Supreme Court declared that important parts of the New Deal were unconstitutional. President Roosevelt responded by threatening to:Your Answer: override the Supreme Court’s decisions by gaining three-quarter majorities in both houses of CongressCorrect Answer: appoint additional Supreme Court justices who shared his views.

Question: What was the source of the following phrase: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people”?Your Answer: Declaration of IndependenceCorrect Answer: Gettysburg Address.

Question: The Puritans:Your Answer: were Catholic missionaries escaping religious persecutionCorrect Answer: stressed the sinfulness of all humanity

[Forever_frost]

You're thinking of Net Worth, not profit.

Ahh, got it. I should cut back on my medications. Thank you for the correction.

[Forever_frost]

Shocking, lmao

[Kyle]

75.76% Was hoping to do a little better.

[JC316]

67%. I should have gotten two more, had the correct answer picked and then I second guessed myself.

[onemeangixxer7502]

well atleast everyone is ahead of the curve so far, I'm surprised i got a 78. i guess on more than a few...

[blownragtop]

You answered 33 out of 33 correctly — 100.00 %

For the most part - pretty easy stuff. I made an educated guess on the Socrates/Plato/Aristotle/Aquinas question. And I could see how someone who isn’t a fan of history would be tripped up by the FDR court packing question.